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Application March 16, 1951, Serial No. 215,903

2 Claims. (Cl. 20-4) This invention relates to improvements in building wall constructions and specifically, an improved sash unit.

An object of this invention is to provide in a building wall, a sash unit which has an octagonal appearance from the exterior of the wall but yet which provides a rectangular or square appearance from the interior of the wall to harmonize with other interior woodwork, the unit including a panel having a frame constituting a part thereof the frame being rabbeted to fit in an opening defined, at least in part, by a pair of standard wall studs and having corner blocks of triangular form, the frame, including its corner blocks, being covered by the standard siding material, whether the siding material be wood, shingle, brick or others, thereby presenting for external appearance a colonial eight-sided window but providing an interior trim capability of a square window.

Ancillary objects and features of importance such as obviating the necessity of skilled carpentry, will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the device in its wall as viewed from the exterior of the wall;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the structure of Figure 1 but viewed from the interior of the wall;

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l and in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4 is an elevational view of the unit;

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the studs with two spreaders therebetween;

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of the frame of the unit; and

Figure 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 4 and in the direction of the arrows, showing the preferred manner of attachment of the side rails with the style and sill. I

In Figures 1 and 2, I have illustrated a building wall 10 provided with siding 12 and a plaster coat 14. In Figure l, the exterior of the wall is shown, while in Figure 2 the interior of the wall is shown. practical limitations, I have illustrated in Figure 1 only wood siding, however, the invention contemplates the use of other standard materials to serve a like purpose,

for example, single, brick or other types of masonry. The same holds true of the plaster coat 14, it being apparent that the illustration of plaster is for suggestive purposes only, it being within the purview of the invention to employ wallboard, panelling and the like.

There is a window unit 16 located in a window opening in the fragmentarily shown wall 10, the window opening being defined by the pair of spaced studs 18 and 20 as well as the spreaders 22 and 24 (Figure 5). The component parts of the window unit are shown best in Figures 3 and 6, the illustration of Figure 6 being of a frame which constitutes a part of the window panel or unit 16. There is a pair of side rails 22 and 24, respec- In view of tively, an upper rail or style 26 and lower rail or sill 28. The rails are joined together in square form by the use of dowels 30, the dowels being located in suitable bores 31 and 32 provided at the junctions of the sides of the panel 16. Additionally, nails or screws may be used and moreover, for additional strength, the joints may be glued although it is ordinarily necessary to use only dowels 30.

The side rails 22 and 24, together with the upper and lower rails 26 and 28, are rabbeted as at 34 to thereby provide flanges 36 to contact the exterior surface of the studs 18 and 20 to which they are attached. Four corner blocks 38, 40, 42 and 44, respectively, are provided at the junctions of the rails, two sides of each corner block being provided with grooves 46 and 43 in which the vertical tongues 50 and 52 of the side rails 22 and 24 are fitted. The other side of each triangular block is provided with a tongue 54 to constitute a window panel 56 stop, while the portions of the tongues 52 and 54 which are not covered by the corner blocks cooperate therewith in also forming window pane stops. Vertical and horizontal window pane strips 58 and 6t), respectively, are fitted properly in the unit in order to support the window panes 56 and upper and lower tongues 62 are formed on the inner edges of the upper and lower rails 26 and 28 to serve as a part of the means of retaining the window panes 56 in place properly.

Standard putty or like material is used in the usual manner for the purpose of cooperation with the window panes 56 and appropriate parts of the window pane strips for holding the window panes in place in the unit or panel 16.

When the unit is set in its opening 66 in the building wall it) and fastened in place, the front surface of the frame, including the corner blocks 33, 4-0, 42 and 44, are covered by the standard siding 12 thereby presenting an external appearance of the frame of more than four sides, specifically eight sides. Trim, as molding 68, is fastened to the exterior surface of the frame thereby constituting a part thereof and the molding is properly cut and arranged to form an eight-sided polygon.

From the interior, a square or rectangular frame 79 of metal or Wood construction is set in the opening 66 overlapping the plaster coat 14, wallpaper if used, and the lathe 72. Accordingly, from the inside, the window frame appears in square or rectangular form, preferably the former, with substantially all of the frame but the rabbeted potions being exposed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. In a wall structure, a pair of spaced vertical studs, a rectangular window frame fitting between said studs and comprising top, bottom and side rails, triangular corner blocks in said frame forming with said rails an octangular opening in the frame, vertical and horizontal I mullion strips in said opening forming with said raiis,

and blocks triangular corner windowpane confining frames and rectangular windowpane confining frames between said triangular frames, an octangular molding frame on one side of the rectangular frame framing said octangular opening, and siding covering the rectangular trarne around said molding frame.

2. In wall construction, a pair of spaced vertical studs, a rectangular Window frame fitting between said studs and comprising top, bottom and side rails, triangular corner blocks in said frame forming with said rails an octangular opening in the frame, vertical and horizontal mullion strips in said opening forming with said rails and blocks triangular corner windowpane confining frames and rectangular windowpane confining frames between said triangular frames, and an octangular molding frame on one side of the rectangular frame framing said octangular opening.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 4 Meyercord June 3, 1941 Toothacre Aug. 11, 1942 Gunnison Sept. 29, 1942 Davison June 13, 1944 Everett Sept. 19, 1944 Hebestrict Dec. 26, 1944 Forward May 15, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Switzerland Mar. 1, 1937 

